Child Labour and Young Worker
PolicyReviewed: March 2024

CONTENTS
OUR COMMITMENT

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DEFINITIONS03

SCOPE OF THE POLICY

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OUR COMMITMENT
As a company we prohibit all forms of child labour in our own operations and supplychain. The use of child labour is unacceptable and can harm children’s education,
health, mental or social development.

In our Ethical Trading Code of Conduct, we state that we will never use child labourand outline provisions for young workers (a ‘young worker’ is a young person abovethe minimum legal age requirement and below the age of 18).
For more information please see our Ethical Trading Code of Conduct.
DEFINITIONS‘Business Associates’ refers to any individual, entity, business, company, partnershipor any other body or group associated with Burberry including, without limitation,
any such individual, entity, business, company, partnership or any other body orgroup supplying products, goods, raw materials, components, services, real estateor anything else, directly or indirectly, to any member of the Burberry Group orotherwise working directly or indirectly with or on behalf of any member of theBurberry Group. This also includes any person (an “Indirect Supplier”) providing
products, goods, raw materials, components, services or anything else to (i) a direct
supplier of Burberry or any other member of the Burberry Group or (ii) any otherIndirect Supplier.
Burberry Associates include, without limitation, the following:• finished goods vendors• raw material and/or component suppliers• people or entities who carry out any processing on any goods directly or
indirectly supplied to Burberry, including sites at which processing takesplace• non-stock vendors• construction contractors (and their construction sites)• franchisees• licensees• joint-venture partners• consultants• contractors• wholesale customers• service providers, including circular business model service platforms• agents• landlords, and• any subcontractor of the above

All Business Associates must comply with the Responsible Business Principles andsuch compliance is a condition of working with Burberry (whether directly orindirectly).
‘Child Worker’ refers to a person below the age of 15, or below the applicableminimum legal age requirement, whichever is greater, as defined in the ILO
Convention No. 138 on the Minimum Age for Admission to Employment (1973).

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3‘Young Worker’ refers to a young person above the minimum age outlined in thedefinition of “Child Worker” and below the age of 18.
‘Hazardous Conditions’ refers to the conditions outlined in Article 3 (d) of the ILO
Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999): work
which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm
the health, safety or morals of children. This includes but is not limited to: exposure
to hazardous chemicals; operating heavy machinery; manual lifting; working
overtime; or working at night.
SCOPE OF THE POLICYThis Child Labour and Young Worker Policy applies to all Business Associates, asdefined above.
1. Basic Provisions
1.1 There shall be no Child Workers in Burberry’s supply chain, including but notlimited to, within factories and home working arrangements.

1.2 Young Workers shall not be employed at night or in Hazardous Conditions.
1.3 Burberry and its Business Associates will always conform to the relevant ILO
standards.
2. Implementation
2.1 Business Associates must have a suitable, fully functional and up-to-date age
verification system in place that includes review of identification documents.
Documentation stating each worker’s age must be available at all times for review
by Burberry and/or its authorised representatives, agents or professional advisors.

2.2 Business Associates must maintain a complete and accurate employee roster
including employee name, department, date of birth and start date.
2.3 Young Workers must be included in the risk assessments of the Business
Associate’s facilities so that the relevant hazardous work restrictions can beapplied.
3. Remediation
3.1 If a Burberry employee has any concerns regarding any Child Workers or thepresence of Young Workers in our own operations and supply chain (including any
Business Associate’s workforce), they must contact the Burberry Responsibility
team immediately.

3.2 If any Child Workers are discovered within a Business Associate’s workforce or
the workforce of any of its group members:• It must be reported immediately by email to the Burberry Responsibility
team at the following email address:
corporate.responsibility@burberry.com.
• The Business Associate must immediately safeguard the wellbeing of thechild;

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Burberry will work with the Business Associate and, if applicable, a relevant
local NGO to develop a remediation plan in respect of the Child Worker;
If appropriate, Burberry and/or the Business Associate (as mutually agreed
between Burberry and the Business Associate) will, at the expense ofBurberry or the Business Associate as mutually agreed: (a) support the Child
Worker in returning to education and through a monthly stipend until legal
working age and (b) take measures to ensure that the Child Worker andtheir family suffers no hardship as a result;If appropriate, the Business Associate and Burberry will work with the local
NGO to ensure continuous support and communication with the Child
Worker and family until legal working age;
Upon reaching the relevant legal working age, the Business Associateshould give the Child Worker priority to be re-hired by the Business
Associate or a member of its group should the Child Worker wish;
Burberry will support the Business Associate in a review of its hiring
practices to prevent employment of Child Workers reoccurring;In addition to Burberry’s other rights and remedies, Burberry may in its sole
discretion take action in respect of Business Associates that do notdemonstrate sufficient commitment to the remediation plan. This action
may include terminating Burberry’s business relationship(s) with theBusiness Associate or requiring that the relevant Business Associate is nolonger used by other Business Associates in any part of the supply ofproducts or services to Burberry; andBurberry may alert other organisations working with the same Business
Associate, so that a collaborative approach can be employed.
For further information, please see our Partner Non-Compliance Policy.

3.3 If a Young Worker is found to be employed at night or in Hazardous Conditions,
the Business Associate must remove that Young Worker from that environment.
The Business Associate must continue to employ the Young Worker in a role which
does not involve night working or Hazardous Conditions without any change to theirremuneration or benefits. A risk assessment must be carried out by the Business
Associate to identify a suitable role for the Young Worker.
4. Monitoring
4.1 Agreement to Burberry’s Responsible Business Principles including this Child
Labour and Young Worker Policy is required before a factory and/or any Business
Associate workforce is approved to manufacture on behalf of Burberry.

4.2 Compliance with this Child Labour and Young Worker Policy is monitored byBurberry, including through announced or unannounced audits by or on behalf ofBurberry.
4.3 Burberry will engage with all Business Associates (including all supply chain
partners) to ensure that all such Business Associates have appropriate age
verification processes in place.

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